We read frequently if unknowingly, in quest of a mind more original than our own.

Harold Bloom

About Harold Bloom

Portrait of Harold Bloom

Harold Bloom (July 11, 1930 – October 14, 2019) was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world". After publishing his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50...